Glassblowing Research Paper

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Do you ever wonder how glass art is made? It is called glassblowing where artists known as glassblower/gaffers basically blowing air into a 6 ft long pipe that has heated molten glass at the end of it which causes the glass to become larger and shapeable. During this process they will continue to heat the glass in a furnace while in between applying steady rotation by rolling it on a table to to form a shape. Sometimes they may even add some color by rolling the hot glass different colorful materials and then heating it in the furnace once more or continuously depending on the artist’s vision. After the glassblower achieves the shape, the piece is then transferred to a pipe without a hole, punty, where the artist forms the top part. After

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